Anyway as I mention in the title the event is done and dusted. The term
dusted applies rather literally this year as it was the dustiest 24 hour
race we have had yet, there were many people wearing dust masks, all people,
tents, bikes, everything else out there was coated liberally with dust even
at the beginning, by the end of the race there was a lot more dust
everywhere. We had the biggest 24 hour mountain bike race in the world
again, with 3031 riders entered, around 180 solo entrants, by the end of the
race over 11,000 laps had been ridden which is about 241,000 KM (6 times
around the circumference of the earth).

Russ had the preliminary
results up yesterday afternoon before he and I had even finished packing
up the stuff we had to get packed last night. A big thanks to all the
volunteers out there who helped us run the race, and to all the riders I hope
you all had a fantastic time and are already thinking up plans to come
back. Next year we return to Stromlo on a brand new course almost in the
centre of town.